Category Archives: Immigration

Government, Immigration, International, Law Enforcement, Politics, Race Relations

Senator Dick Durbin Wants Visa-Free Travel To The U.S. By All Filipinos

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WASHINGTON, D.C. (The Adobo Chronicles, Washington Bureau) – U.S. Senator Dick Durbin is putting his money where his mouth is. Today, the Democrat lawmaker proposed to scrap the visa requirement for all Filipinos who want to travel to the United States and says he will file the appropriate Senate bill shortly.

Earlier, in a tweet expressing his support for the jailed Senator Leila De Lima, Durbin urged Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte “to stop threatening the travel” of Filipino Americans and so many others who travel between the U.S. and other nations.

”To prove that I’m not just all talk, I will sponsor a new Senate bill that would ensure the travel of all Filipinos to the U.S., visa-free. In doing so, I challenge Duterte not to make good his threat to require U.S. citizens to obtain a visa when traveling to the Philippines.  This is all in the spirit of true reciprocity,” Durbin told The Adobo Chronicles.

Immigration, International, Military

Want A U.S. Visa? Enlist In the U.S. Space Force

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MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – One of the easiest ways for Filipinos and other foreign nationals to obtain a U.S. visa is to enlist in the U.S. military.

Now, there is even greater opportunity for this to happen.

The U.S. is currently recruiting Filipinos to join the military’s newest, branch.

President Donald Trump has just signed a new measure that adds a 6th branch to the U.S. military — the U.S. Space Force.  The other branches are the Army, Navy, Air Force, Coastguard and the Marines.

No experience necessary — just an honest-to-goodness commitment to help the U.S. maintain peace and stability in outer space.

Interested parties may contct the U.S. Embassy in Manila.

For undocumented Filipino immigrants (TNTs, or Tago Ng Tago) now living in the U.S., they may contact the military camp or headquarters nearest their place of residence.

 

Immigration, International, Military, Science and Environment, Social Media

White House Unveils Uniform Of The New U.S. Space Force

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WASHINGTON, D.C. (The Adobo Chronicles, Washington Bureau) –President Donald Trump has signed the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for 2020 that establishes a U.S. Space Force as the sixth branch of the U.S. armed forces—despite the Outer Space Treaty designating space as a global commons to be used for peaceful purposes.

Trump signed the NDAA flanked by top defense and military officials at a ceremony at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland.

Immediately following the signing ceremony, The White House unveiled the official uniform of the members of the U.S. Space Force, saying that “This is no longer Hollywood.  This is for real.  This is the New United States of America.

White House sources also told The Adobo Chronicles that the Trump administration’s next step is to establish a satellite office of the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) that will process the visas of foreign nationals venturing into  space.  It will be temporarily housed at the existing InternationalSpace Station.